As a NATO member nation, Turkey has supported U.S. global security measures in the past, such as hosting U.S. military capabilities during the Cold War. While the Turkish policy with the Kurds has been long standing, the U.S. decision to use them as a security device is relatively recent.

On December 22, President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cut and Job Act of 2017, which will become effective starting in 2018. Reactions from both political figures and economic analysts have been mixed in nature, misleading many citizens in developing an informed opinion.

When Donald Trump became president, he made it clear that he wanted a change in the policy in Afghanistan, something liberals and conservatives both wanted. Now Erik Prince founded a private military corporation that received many contracts during the war in Iraq, subsequently running thousands of missions a year.

On November 9th, thousands unified in a march for Puerto Rico in Washington D.C., demanding that the United States step up in their relief efforts following President Trump’s controversial visit to Puerto Rico.

United States Secretary of Homeland Security announced the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States causing more than 59,000 Haitians who legally live and work in the United States have 18 months to self-deport.

Islamophobia is not a personal vendetta; it is something inevitable that people need to live with, and in the process overcome their sense of victimhood. We cannot blame them just as we cannot blame the innocent American citizens that are Muslims.

Although the Trump Administration offered a deal, President Trump requested tougher immigration enforcement and demands for funding of his proposed border wall in exchange for the continuation of DACA. The termination of the Dream Act will lead to the devastation of the U.S. economy and 800,000 undocumented youth at risk for deportation.

There are currently more than 65.6 million forcibly displaced people. This shift in policy and extenuation of the issue is based on moral and economic reasons. This is a crisis that is more dire than the world knows or is willing to admit.

Now that the 19th National Congress has ended, the results are for all to see. Xi Jinping stands supreme in China today. While it is certain he still has rivals within the party, Mr. Xi now stands on firmer footing than before.